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( güst´ p kär´) (KEY) , 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, b. Basel. He became a professor at the Univ. of Brussels in 1922. He and his twin brother Je...
1726–97, Scottish geologist, chemist, and naturalist. He was initially attracted to chemistry; he entered the legal profession at the Univ. of Edinb...
(Dometius Ulpianus) ( l´p n) (KEY) , d. 228, Roman jurist. He was a member of the council of the jurist Papinian. As Praetorian prefect from 222, he...
(r ´n lf gl n´v l) (KEY) , d. 1190, English jurist. He served Henry II in many offices, finally as chief justiciar after 1180. He commissioned one o...
fl. 247–205 B.C., Greek mathematician of the Alexandrian school. He produced a treatise on conic sections that included, as well as his own work, mu...
( j ´ny b lträ´m ) (KEY) , 1835–99, Italian mathematician. He is famous for his work on non-euclidean geometry, electricity, and magnetism....